No. 19-1233

Robert Doyle v. Douglas Palmer, Clerk, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2020-04-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: bar-admission civil-rights delegation-of-power due-process federal-court federal-courts first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-association freedom-of-conscience judicial-branch judicial-delegation legislative-power standing
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-06-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether Congress may delegate, to the Judicial Branch, the power to enact federal-court bar admission requirements that Congress lacks the power to enact directly.

2. Whether a federal district court may, consistent with the First Amendment, force a bar applicant to associate with a member of the bar of that court and engage, with that member, in a significant amount of expressive conduct.

3. Whether a federal district court may, consistent with the First Amendment, force a bar applicant to waive his freedom of conscience.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Congress may delegate power to the Judicial Branch to enact federal-court bar-admission requirements

Docket Entries

2020-06-22
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2020.
2020-04-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 20, 2020)

Attorneys

Palmer, Douglas
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Robert Doyle
Todd Charles BankTodd C. Bank, Attorney at Law, Petitioner